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To: fireman15

The Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you. Attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot


51 posted on 05/23/2011 8:57:59 AM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: saganite
The Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you. Attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot.

I have a home-built ultralight, a skypup. It is made mostly of sheets of styrofoam insulation; it shares some characteristics with a cub. The stall speed is only 25mph. If you can figure out which way the wind is blowing you can land it at running speed. People have managed to crash them, but I know of no one who has managed to kill themselves in one. I love the thing; it doesn't even have an airspeed indicator.

67 posted on 05/23/2011 9:50:06 AM PDT by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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